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D-fingerling Dictionary

Fingerling

A young fish used to stock a pond or cage

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Plain meaning
A young fish used to stock a pond or cage
How to use it
Buy fingerlings from a reputable hatchery of a permitted species.
South African benchmark
South African freshwater aquaculture of tilapia, trout and catfish remains small (Article 85).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M13-U4, M13-U5, M13-U6
Calculate it
T-M13-02 Pond Stocking and Harvest
Library sources
LIB-A087, LIB-A088, LIB-P-Aquaculture
See also
Stocking density
Aquaculture: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedAquaculture: how the business runsSold bykg of fish per cubic metre1Stock fingerlings2Feed3Grow4Harvest5Sell fresh or frozenZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Aquaculture Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M13 Aquaculture.